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Success.

Try not to be a man of success, but rather to be a man of value. -Albert Einstein. Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can. -Henry Drummond. Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. -Euripides. Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself. -Theodore T. Hunger. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. -Robert Collier. A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. -Arthur Golden. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. -Theodore Roosevelt. It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever, the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it. -Vince Lombardi. Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. -George Eliot. The tragedy in life doesn't lie in no...

Failure

1. Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. Henry Ford. And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope. Robert Frost. We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure all your life. John W Gardner It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work. Jerry Gillies Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction. Charles J Givens 6. Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself. Elbert Hubbard A failure is a man who has blundered, b...